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The man made famous for sculpting the Angel Moroni statues that sit atop most temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints passed away over the Thanksgiving holiday. Karl Quilter was 84 years old.

More than a dozen people stopped at the Black Friday coat exchange to pick out cold-weather gear donated to those in need. Some of the remaining coats were taken to Pioneer Park and given to the homeless.

You can take our word for it. Americans don't trust each other
anymore. These days, only one-third of Americans say most people
can be trusted. Half felt that way in 1972, when the General Social
Survey first asked the question.

Scotland's official holiday was transformed into a grim day of mourning Saturday as emergency crews searched the wreckage of a riverside pub smashed by a falling police helicopter. At least eight people died and more than a dozen remained hospitalized with serious injuries.

As the holidays roll around, some of us can't wait to pile our plates
with cookies, candy and family favorites. But if you're feeling
overwhelmed by seasonal excess, try focusing on the color red.
According to a new study, people tend to eat — or use —
less of things presented on red dishes, whether it's chocolate or hand
cream.

A mother on board a plane that crashed in remote southwest Alaska made a frantic phone call for help resuscitating her 5-month-old baby, then left the fatally injured boy to lead searchers hampered by cold and fog to the crash site.

A man was shot by Salt Lake City police
officers late Friday night after they say he
lunged at them with a knife. The officers were
called to his home after receiving reports that
he threatened to burn it down.

A Utah man has been arrested twice since he was
released from jail earlier this month following
his previous arrest in connection with the
shooting of a man with a bow and arrow at a
homeless camp in Elko.

The Obama administration says it will meet
its
self-imposed deadline of fixing the troubled
health care website so that 50,000 people can
log in at the same time starting late
Saturday. Yet questions remain about the
stability of the site, the volume of traffic
it can handle and the quality of the data it
is delivering to insurers.